Shrewsbury Athletic Club's Paul Jones became an international age category winner when he travelled to Spain to compete in the Seville Marathon on Sunday. Months of training and dedication paid off for the Shrewsbury star as he produced a double individual success, winning the Veteran Over 45 category and a personal best time of 2/33/15 in 70^th place overall in a field of over 12,000 runners.

A strong contingent of Club runners competed in the Village Bakery Half Marathon in Wrexham on Sunday, producing a number of individual successes. There were personal best times for Ollie Parry 29^th, Nick Bradley 56^th, Stewart Farley 170^th and Club newcomer Calvin Hignett 269^th and Pete Savill finished 2^nd in the Veteran Over 65 category. In the Womens' Race, Mel Price produced a personal best time in 18^th place, with Lauren Morley 35^th and Naomi Cook 81^st.

Results: Men: 29 Ollie Parry 1/15/22(PB), 56 Nick Bradley 1/17/57(PB), 170 Stewart Farley 1/24/32(PB), 201 Kevin Francis 1/26/27, 269 Calvin Hignett 1/29/01(PB), 306 Simon Cole 1/29/45, 344 Stuart Proctor 1/31/00, 404 Pete Hughes 1/33/28, 424 Haydn Jones 1/34/26, 441 Pete Savill 1/34/49(2^nd Veteran Over 65). Women: 18 Mel Price 1/28/58(PB), 35 Lauren Morley 1/31/10, 81 Naomi Cook 1/37/31.

On the fell running scene, the 4^th and 5^th races of the Shropshire Winter Hill Series took place with the staging of the Titterstone Clee and Long Mynd Valleys fell races. At Titterstone, Club newcomer Stuart Proctor finished in 9^th place and 1^st Veteran Over 50 in his first race for the Club in 24/06, with Bethany Pinches 5^th in the Womens' race and 1^st Junior Woman in 33/32. In the Long Mynd Valleys race, Monika Oparka was 10^th Woman in 2/21/57 in her first fell race for the Club.

Away from the County, Chris Wakeman finished 7^th and 1^st Veteran Over 60 in the Cannock Chase 5 Mile Race in 37/16, with Grace Hough 153^rd in 70/10, in the Alsager 5 Mile Race, Jim Hickinbottom finished 21^st in 27/13, with Richard Jones 141^st in 32/05 and in the Stourbridge Stagger 10 Mile Multi Terrain Race, Dan Elliot finished 8^th in 67/08, with Andy Birch 21^st in 69/17.

The Club's junior athletes produced some fine performances in the Midland Counties Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Brad Davies-Pughe 1^st in the Under 17 Mens Triple Jump with 12.55m, Louis Schofield 2^nd in the Under 17 Mens Long Jump with 6.30m, just 8cm outside his PB and Rebecca Walker 2^nd in the Under 17 Womens High Jump with a season's best 1.55m. Jess Gunner finished 5^th to qualify for the West Midlands Team in the London Mini Marathon in the Under 17 age group and Jess Proctor won the 60 m race at an indoor meeting in Manchester.

Photo. Paul Jones at Seville Marathon.